Screen-door.



No. 638,8l2. Patented Dec. l2, I899.

W H. ROGERS.

SCREEN DOOR.

(Application filed Aug. 7, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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WILLIAM H. ROGERS, OF VVATERTOVN, NEIV YORK.

SCREEN-DOOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,812, dated December12, 1899.

Application filed August '7, 1899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM II. Roenns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Watertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Screen-Doors; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to that class of doors or windows which arewholly or partially covered with netting to keep out insects and topermit the air to circulate through them; and its object is to adaptsuch doors to be closed against the circulation of air in cold or stormyweather.

To this end my invention consists in the construction and combination ofparts forming a screen door or window hereinafter more fully described,and particularly pointed out in the claim, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure I represents the outer side of ascreen-door according to my invention with some of the panels closedagainst the passage of air or rain. Fig. II represents a verticalsection of such a door through the panels transverse to their thickness.Fig. III represents a horizontal section of the same door.

Numeral 5 represents the door-frame. This frame may consist of the sidestyles 6 and 7, the top rail 8, and the bottom rail 9, leaving a singlelarge opening for a screen or a panel, or it may be parted into a numberof panelopenings by means of one or more midway rails 10 and mullions11. In every opening where screens are to be located a rabbet is made inthe frame all around the opening, and on the bottom 12 of this rabbet Ifasten a screen 13, which may be of wire-cloth or of any other suitableopen material. At the upper edge of the panel I make a groove 14 intothe frame in the plane of the door.

15 represents a panel fitting removably into the rabbet over the screenand having a tongue 16. to fit into the groove 14.

17 represents buttons located upon the frame and preferably at thebottom of each panel to secure the same in place or to permit it to beremoved in dry or warm weather. These panels may be made of any suitableSerial No. 726,467. (No model.)

material, and in cases where light is desired they may be of glass 18,and in that case I interpose a bead 19, of wood or other suitablematerial, to fill out to the buttons 17, so that the glass may besecurely held. To further insure security, the bead 19 may be nailed tothe frame with brads, so that it maybe readily pried off when it isdesired to remove the glass panel and yet fit closely when secured for along term of service. When not in service, the glass or other panel maybe stored away in any secure place.

While the groove at the edge of the rabbet has been described as locatedat the top of the panel-opening, it may be at any other side thereof, ifpreferable. I prefer to place the panels on the outside of the door, butthat location is not essential to my invention.

Doors constructed as described are well adapted to vestibules or evenfor permanent house-doors in many situations. The insectscreen remainingalways in the door and the removable panels fitted to be quicklyreplaced in case of a sudden storm, render this door generallyserviceable,particularly as the glass panels may be used in dark stormyWeather.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I believe to be new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

The combination of a door-frame having one or more panel-openings andrabbeted around the openings to a depth sufficient to receive a woodenpanel, also having a groove on one side of the panel-opening extendingfrom the rabbet into the frame in the plane of the door; a screen ofopen material secured to the frame at the bottom of the rabbet andcovering the panel-opening; a glass panel fitted removably into therabbet and grooved opening; buttons on the door-frame at the side ofeach opening opposite to the said groove, and a removable strip betweenthe glass panel and button substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses'\VILLIAM H. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

W. D. OLFBURG, JOHN HOSE.

